The Works Of M. P. Shiel

A. Reynolds Morse is known for his comprehensive volume, The Works Of M. P. Shiel. This book serves as a key resource for understanding the writings of the distinctive author M. P. Shiel.

> M. P. Shiel is a pen name of Matthew Phipps Shiel (1865-1947). He was a West Indian-born British writer who produced twenty-five novels and dozens of short stories under the name M. P. Shiel, mostly in the romantic or supernatural adventure vein. His best-remembered novel is The Purple Cloud (1901), a "last-man-on-Earth" tale that inspired Stephen King's The Stand (1978) as well as several films. He is also known for four stories with the highly unusual detective Prince Zaleski (1895)....